{"product_id":"chinas-foreign-policy-contradictions-tim-nicholas-rhlig-9780197573303","title":"China's Foreign Policy Contradictions: Lessons from China's R2p, Hong Kong, and Wto Policy","description":"Throughout the post-Mao reform era, China has championed the principle of sovereign state control, which holds that states should not intervene in the affairs of other states. Yet as Tim Nicholas R?lig argues in \u003cem\u003eChina's Foreign Policy Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e, in recent years they have not actually acted this way. Chinese foreign policy actions fail to match up with official rhetoric, and these inconsistencies--in combination with China's growing power-will have dramatic effects on the future shape of international order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo explain these contradictions, R?lig draws from a rich battery of in-depth interviews with party-state officials to explain the foreign policy dynamics and processes of the normally opaque Chinese party-state. He demonstrates how different sources of the Chinese Communist Party's domestic legitimacy compete within the complex and highly fragmented Chinese party-state, resulting in contradictory foreign policies. He focuses on three issue areas: international human rights law and \"responsibility to protect\" (R2P); China's role in World Trade Organization (WTO) policymaking; and China's evolving relationship with Hong Kong. In each area, different factions within the party-state wrestle for control, with domestic legitimacy of the party always being the overriding goal. This incessant competition within the state's institutions often makes the PRC's foreign policy contradictory, undermining its ability to project and promote a \"China Model\" as an alternative to the existing international order (and more specifically as a champion of nonintervention). Instead, it often pursues narrowly nationalistic interests. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy elucidating how foreign policymakers strategize and react within the context of a massive and complex bureaucratic system that is constantly under pressure from many sides, R?lig shows not only why China's foreign policy is so inconsistent, but why it is likely to contribute to a more particularistic, plural, and fragmented international order in the years to come. This book represents a significant advance in our understanding of the foreign policymaking process in authoritarian regimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Nicholas R?lig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197573304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197573303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Tim Nicholas R?lig","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991095214335,"sku":"9780197573303","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb1a623e-4d2d-4c08-8f7d-d2d18a2f73cf.jpg?v=1683308410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinas-foreign-policy-contradictions-tim-nicholas-rhlig-9780197573303","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}